Motorcyclist crashes into path of oncoming train, pulled to safety

An Oshkosh man who crashed his motorcycle near an oncoming train Saturday is alive due to the quick thinking of a stopped motorist.

The 34-year-old Oshkosh man was traveling south on Broad Street at a high rate of speed Saturday at 2:18 p.m. when he failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of Broad Street and Washington Avenue. The man lost control of the motorcycle and crashed. He landed on the railroad tracks in the path of an oncoming train, said Joe Nichols, spokesman for the Oshkosh Police Department.

A 24-year-old Ripon man, who was on his cellphone in a stopped vehicle, saw the crash and was able to get out of the car and pull the unconscious motorcyclist off the tracks. The train was 20 feet away and had begun emergency braking, Nichols said.

The Oshkosh man was taken to Theda Clark Medical Center with non-life threatening head injuries, Nichols said.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Motorcyclist crashes into path of oncoming train, pulled to safety

An Oshkosh man who crashed his motorcycle near an oncoming train Saturday is alive due to the quick thinking of a stopped motorist.

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